S8 Ep17: The menopause penalty at work
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. The menopause can be a huge biological shock to women, but there has been almost no research into the consequences for their working lives. A new study uses admin...
21 Mar 202519min
S8 Ep16: The next generation: Paris ‘24
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. Whenever economists gather, you will find many of tomorrow’s best economists too. They get a rare chance to present their research, and traditionally we like to a...
14 Mar 202527min
S8 Ep15: Ending period stigma in schools
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. Everywhere in the world there is still a stigma around periods. That can lead to bullying or exclusion in schools. Girls are stressed, and that affects their abil...
5 Mar 202515min
S8 Ep14: The laws that protected women from work
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. During the first half of the 20th century, the US introduced state laws that imposed restrictions on when and how women were permitted to work outside the home. T...
28 Feb 202514min
S8 Ep13: The class gap in career progression
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. Recent research shows that our sex and race still affect our life chances. New evidence investigates whether class is still important in one profession that's clo...
26 Feb 202516min
S8 Ep12: Do we work harder when we work from home?
It seems like many more of us have been working from home for at least part of the week. But bosses fret about the effect on productivity when their employees are out of sight. And we’re increasingly ...
21 Feb 202517min
S8 Ep11: How should the EU respond to Trump?
It is now a month since President Trump’s inauguration, and it’s fair to say that a lot has happened already. In a special episode we talk to Moreno Bertoldi of ISPI and Marco Buti of EUI about how th...
18 Feb 202528min
S8 Ep10: Who should work, and how much?
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. Do the most productive people work more or less than others? It’s a question that is constantly asked in economics, not least because the available data that comp...
14 Feb 202514min
